Roald Dahl: 5 Things You Didn't Know Nov 12, 2009
He may be best known today for his enormously popular contributions to (such as Matilda, The BFG, Charlie and the Factory, and James and the Giant Peach), but he also wrote the screenplays to two adaptations of Ian Fleming novels (You Only Live Twice and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and he wrote some five dozen short stories for the likes of Colliers, Harpers, The New Yorker, and Playboy, to name a few. Yet, no matter who his audience was, Dahl did one thing as well as, or better than, any of his... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
DVDs you should have seen -- but didn't Oct 22, 2009
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" There's definitely an argument that this big-budget 1968 musical belongs on some other list -- misbegotten movies that aim at a mass market and don't wind up really working for anybody-- but I can't resist it. Ian Fleming's laborious children's book was entrusted to Roald Dahl (there he is again. (Salon)
Jeff, Greg Sherman on The Boys: Int... Aug 21, 2009
With Disney's new documentary The Boys: The Sherman Brothers Story, filmmakers Jeffrey C. and Gregory Sherman pay tribute to what may be one of the greatest songwriting duos of the Twentieth Century: the battling brothers who wrote tunes for musicals like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, , The Jungle Book and Bedknobs and Broomsticks ... And then we found a spot between Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Bedknobs and Broomsticks and I know it sounds really silly but they were both dealing with the Nazis. (Suite101.com)
Jeffrey, Gregory Sherman on The Boy... Aug 21, 2009
Jeff: It was the opening of the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang stage play in London s West End. We went there and, as usual, his family sat to the left of the theatre, and mine sat to the right. (Suite101.com)
Interview: Richard Sherman on Mary ... Aug 21, 2009
As the piano-playing half of the legendary songwriting duo The Sherman Brothers, Richard Sherman wrote everything from pop tunes (Annette Funicello's 1959 hit "Tall Paul") to the classic songs for such films as Winnie the Pooh, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Now the Sherman Brothers are profiled in the new Disney documentary The Boys: The Sherman Brothers Story, opening August 21st. (Suite101.com)
'SPIDER-MAN' LOSES THE GIRL Aug 14, 2009
(Even before it got torn up, it was a worthless barn, where big, lumbering shows such as "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and "Young Frankenstein" came to die. . (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Movie Review: The Boys Sherman Brot... Aug 12, 2009
Robert and younger brother Richard wrote musical scores for many classic films, including 1961's The Parent Trap, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Snoopy Come Home, and Tom Sawyer ... However, there's no denying that the Sherman Brothers' story deserves to be told, and Disney deserves props for not only allowing footage from non-Disney films in the documentary (most significantly, the Albert Broccoli-produced Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) but also alludes to the increasingly poisonous atmosphere at Disney... (Suite101.com)
Nicholas Academic Centers Join with Orange County Performing Arts Center On Unique Summer Cultural Program Aug 6, 2009
Business Wire - Students from the Nicholas Academic Centers attend a performance of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" at the Orange County ... On Friday, July 17, students in the program traveled to the Orange County Performing Arts Centers Segerstrom Hall to see a live performance of the Broadway show Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
GROOVALOO, NBC's "Superstars of Dance" Winner, Kicks Off August Run at Los Angeles' El Portal Theatre Jul 21, 2009
Currently touring is the first national tour of a new production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. For more information, visit. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Science fiction with a smile Jul 5, 2009
offers little nudges and winks that we're not supposed to take these adventures too seriously; rather, we should enjoy them as sweet and light and faintly nostalgic, like a spirited mix of "The X-Files" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.". In the first episode of "Warehouse 13," Myka and Pete investigate a particularly creepy case of assault that involves a good-natured college boy suddenly beating up his girlfriend while chanting ancient Italian texts. (Salon)
Nuts about Terminators May 19, 2009
He is no newcomer, being in the industry for more than two decades, while his Oscar-winning father worked on the sets of greats such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Rollerball ... I grew up on film sets following my father around and he used to lock me in the child-capture van from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
Songwriting brothers had off-key relationship May 18, 2009
A few years ago, the two cousins came up with the idea to break the barrier and finally get to know each other while talking at a London theater premiere of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," another Sherman Brothers soundtrack hit. They pitched an idea to do the biopic to then-Disney executives, who weren't interested. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
SPECIAL SCREENING of Walt Disney Pictures' "the boys: the sherman brothers' story" May 16, 2009
The Academy Award-winning brothers, Richard and Robert Sherman, arguably defined family musical entertainment with unforgettable songs like Chim Chim Cher-ee and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Mary Poppins; I Wanna Be Like You from The Jungle Book; the score to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the most translated song ever written, Its a Small World (After All) from the popular Disneyland attraction. . (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Sony Pictures Entertainment Grabs 'REMOTE CONTROL' With Producers Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli Apr 15, 2009
The studio is also collaborating with the renowned producers on a new adaptation of CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG with EON Productions and MGM.. Commenting on the announcement, Belgrad explains, "Our collaboration with Michael and Barbara on CASINO ROYALE and QUANTUM OF SOLACE was extraordinary and special and we all wanted to find another way to work together. Mark Burnell's new novel is an exciting thriller and it's precisely the kind of material that Michael and Barbara will be able to adapt so... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Bond Goes Remote Apr 15, 2009
Sony and Eon (along with MGM) also have a new version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in the works in addition, of course, to the next Bond film. "Mark Burnell's new novel is an exciting thriller and it's precisely the kind of material that Michael and Barbara will be able to adapt so well," says Columbia Pictures' Doug Belgrad. (IGN FilmForce)
The day Humphrey B. Bear lost his head Apr 10, 2009
The Financial Times recognised "echoes of Willy Wonka, Star Wars, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and even the Marx Brothers" in Dissocia. That's a whole lot of weirdness for an actor best known as a Play School presenter. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
It's In The Bag Feb 21, 2009
Some of the more famous alumni include Tom Robbins, who played Simba in "The Lion King," and Jan Maxwell, a few years before "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.". Directing these days is Ted Brackett, a father of three (ages 7 to 11) who's been with the Bags for 21 seasons, despite an inauspicious audition. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The sister we left behind Feb 8, 2009
"My mother, trying not to disturb the baby, instinctively began shooshing. It took five minutes or more before Lisa persuaded everyone that Mary was still at the drive-in.Panic overcame us. My father made a hard U-turn and floored it. Our wood-paneled Plymouth station wagon roared down the road like the car in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. "We fishtailed as we hit the gravel parking lot. The lot was empty but for the car that had been next to ours. Mary stood next to it holding the hand of somebody... (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)
